Cor Vasa 2012, 54(1-2):e27-e31 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.01.010

NT-proBNP levels on admission predict pulmonary hypertension persistence in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Zdeněk Vaveraa, Jan Vojáčeka, Radek Pudila, Jaroslav Malýb, Pavel Eliášc
a I. interní kardioangiologická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika
b II. interní klinika - oddělení klinické hematologie, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika
c Radiologická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Česká republika

Keywords: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors

Received: December 29, 2011; Revised: January 20, 2012; Accepted: January 23, 2012; Published: January 1, 2012  Show citation

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Vavera Z, Vojáček J, Pudil R, Malý J, Eliáš P. NT-proBNP levels on admission predict pulmonary hypertension persistence in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Cor Vasa. 2012;54(1-2):e27-31. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.01.010.
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